Best of
Plays

1987

Into the Woods


Stephen Sondheim - 1987
    Henry III, Time

The Colored Museum


George C. Wolfe - 1987
    Its eleven "exhibits" undermine black stereotypes old and new, and return to the facts of what being black means. " Mr. Wolfe is the kind of satirist who takes no prisoners. The shackles of the past have been defied by Mr. Wolfe's fearless humor, and it's a most liberating revolt!" - Frank Rich, The New York Times; "Brings forth a bold new voice that is bound to shake up blacks and whites with separate-but-equal impartiality. True satire." - Jack Kroll, Newsweek.

Burn This: A Play


Lanford Wilson - 1987
    In attendance were Robbie's roommates: his sensitive dance partner and choreographer]], Anna, and confident gay ad man Larry. Soon joining them in Robbie's lower-Manhattan loft are screenwriter Burton (Anna's longtime lover), and Pale (Robbie's coke-snorting, hyperactive restaurant manager brother). In the face of their shared tragedy, the quartet attempts to make sense of their lives and reconsider their own identities and relationships. Anna learns to be independent and self-confident; she pursues her interest in choreography and begins a relationship with Pale, breaking off her dispassionate relationship with her longtime boyfriend.

Three Plays from the Orphans' Home Cycle: Courtship / Valentine's Day / 1918


Horton Foote - 1987
    This is the central volume in Horton Foote’s remarkable nine-play Orphans’ Home Cycle, in which the author chronicles the evolution of a family—the strengths that bind its members together and the strains that force them apart—and the cataclysmic changes in Southern society over twenty-six turbulent years.

Plays of the Holocaust: An International Anthology


Elinor Fuchs - 1987
    J. Czerwinski.

Les Misérables: a full length drama


Tim Kelly - 1987
    A rousing adventure story peopled with heartbreaking, unforgettable characters and a powerful allegory about the good and evil lying beneath the surfaces of human beauty, ugliness, and superior intellect.

The Collected Plays and Writings on Theater


Karol Wojtya - 1987
    Describes Pope John Paul II's theater background, presents translations of his plays, and includes his essays about the nature of drama.

Three Plays by Granville Barker: The Marrying of Ann Leete - The Voysey Inheritance - Waste


Harley Granville-Barker - 1987
    We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

A Rosen by Any Other Name.


Israel Horovitz - 1987
    World War II has begun and the older Rosen, disturbed by a growing evidence of anti-Semitism, even in their provincial town of Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, wants to disguise the family's Jewish background. Although Stanley is very much a part of the local community, and even has a gentile girlfriend, Fern, he is uneasy with his father's action which, he feels, is a betrayal of a proud heritage. With Fern's help, and that of a sympathetic cousin, Manny, a shell-shocked veteran, he arranges a secret bar mitzvah in the proper family name. His father, angered and resentful at first, soon realizes that his son has shown a courage he has lacked and as the play ends the family is once again united, and determined to face what may come with dignity and resolve.

Making Noise Quietly


Robert Holman - 1987
    In 1982, May Appleton, whose son serves in the Falklands, receives the visit that every mother dreads. In 1986, in the Black Forest, a German businesswoman takes into her home a fugitive British Private and his disturbed stepson. Three plays, three encounters. Woven together they reveal an evocative, lyrical and deliciously precise picture of twentieth-century lives.

Histoire Du Soldat: Lue, Jouée Et Dansée En Deux Parties = The Soldier's Tale: To Be Read, Played, And Danced In Two Parts


Igor Stravinsky - 1987
    This edition is for all who have an interest in the great musical masterpieces of the twentieth century. To be read, played and danced in two parts. Scored for clarinet, bassoon, Ccrnet, trombone, violin, double bass and percussion.

Plays 1: Butley / Otherwise Engaged / The Rear Column / Quartermaine's Terms / The Common Pursuit


Simon Gray - 1987
    

Plays Modelled on the Noh (1916)


Ezra Pound - 1987